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Street Fighter IV is coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

10:00 PM on 05.27.2008, Dale North 62 comments

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Capcom has beamed us a couple of announcements, with the biggest being the official console announcement for Street Fighter IV. Both the PS3 and 360 versions were pretty much a given, but the PC one took us by surprise. Well, not really; we've been hearing rumors about a PC version for awhile now. I guess actually seeing the words "Windows-based PC" direct from Capcom made it real.

The other announcement lets us know that Lost Planet: Extreme Condition COLONIES EDITION has shipped to retailers. This also concerns PC gamers, as this title is a PC/console cross-platform affair. This new version also brings new multiplayer modes, weapons, and characters to the table.

What do you think about all of this PC business? I like the idea of cross-platform, but will fighting fans (MUGEN doesn't count) pick a PC over consoles? Do you think there will be cross-platform online gaming for SFIV?

Hit the jump for some of the interoffice comments on this announcement. 

Nick Chester: While I have a moment, can I please add: PC? Who in the fuck is going to play Street Fighter IV on the God damned PC? I mean, COME ON. Really?

Dale North: My mom. That is, if the Street Fighter cast sits down at an online 1-2 Limit poker game.  

Samit Sarkar: Yeah, it certainly seems like a waste of development resources. If anything, people will just plug their 360 controllers into their computers' USB ports. And then they'll die over and over again, because that D-pad sucks so much.

Ken Masters: *flips hair* 


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13thDragon's Avatar
13thDragon at 05/27/2008 22:09
"Both the Xbox and 360 versions were pretty much a given"

Wait...what? Really? I thought they stopped making games for the Xbox.
Vongore's Avatar
Vongore at 05/27/2008 22:09
Both the Xbox and 360 versions were pretty much a given, but the PC one took us by surprise.

Edit that or a little kitten will be runned over by a subway
13thDragon's Avatar
13thDragon at 05/27/2008 22:10
"Edit that or a little kitten will be runned over by a subway"

Wait...what? Really? An entire subway? The platform, tunnel, tracks, and all? Or do you mean the sandwich shop?
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 05/27/2008 22:11
I have no idea what you guys are talking about
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 05/27/2008 22:12
i dont give 2 craps about this game. give me HD REMIX NOW!
Wexx's Avatar
Wexx at 05/27/2008 22:15
If you can bind custom keys, SF IV on PC would be amazing. Not usb-snes cables are amazing!
Danmartigan's Avatar
Danmartigan at 05/27/2008 22:15
STREET FIGHTER FOUR
FULL OF COUNTRY GOODNESS AND GREEN PEANESS.
B5512's Avatar
B5512 at 05/27/2008 22:17
mouse+kybd FTW noobz
Vongore's Avatar
Vongore at 05/27/2008 22:17
@ 13th:

Yeah, not only the train, isn't that great?
Amp's Avatar
Amp at 05/27/2008 22:18
Nick Chester is far underestimating the power that PC holds in the Fighting game market.

GGPO? Melty Blood? MAME?

Street Fighter IV on PC was a genius move. Now let's see if they have the balls to put Super Turbo HD on PC as well.
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AgentMOO at 05/27/2008 22:19
@Danmartigan

lol... it's even better raw!
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slee at 05/27/2008 22:23
hahah Dale man I gotta say I have seen people make fun of that picture before but ohh shiit it was something about the way you worded it or something but it has cracked my shit up!!!
niacin's Avatar
niacin at 05/27/2008 22:29
Oh there will be one group happy about this, they be the ones in the corner with the parrots and the eye patches arrrrr.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 05/27/2008 22:30
PENISH!
stafax's Avatar
stafax at 05/27/2008 22:33
BWAHAHA HA AHAHAHA PENIS!
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 05/27/2008 22:35
It's not a waste of any development resources. They've been touting their PC/360/PS3 crossplatform engine for a while, so pretty much all their games will hit those platforms. Capcom has a long history of putting it's games on PC as is, though they are generally poorly done ports.

And yes, PC is a fighting game system, but as usual, none of you know anything about what's on PC.
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The-Excel at 05/27/2008 22:47
As long as I have a method to connect arcade controllers to my PC, I'm in.
Jetsetlemming's Avatar
Jetsetlemming at 05/27/2008 22:50
Capcom has already started a step in the right direction by dumping fucking Ubisoft as their PC publisher- I'm hoping and praying they learned their lessons and this (And Dead Rising PC and Resident Evil 5 PC!) will be excellent.
There's a very big PC fighting game market, you plebeians. Turns out people love free online play that just works and isn't tied into some stupid ass pay service! And customizing controls and content and mods! And playing a game on a platform they've already got so fuck it why not!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 05/27/2008 23:03
Ryu to Ken: "I want you to scream at my taint as loud as you can."
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Nick Chester at 05/27/2008 23:11
Melty Blood? Mugen? These games are niche; I'd suspect Capcom wants to make money off of this venture. Sure, people are going to play SF IV, but will it be enough to make it their while? Sales will speak volumes for whether or not I misspoke.

Unless there's something we don't know about SF IV ...
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 05/27/2008 23:28
I can't see SFIV selling on PC even if doujin games and silly fighter dreammatches like Mugen are popular.

I'm sure if we had a choice with all doujin games to go console, i'm sure most would go for it. But since games like Eternal Fighter Zero and Immaterial and Missing Power are on PC, we're kinda stuck with it.

Look at Melty Blood. It got popular enough to hit the Arcades and then the PS2. Akatsuki Blitzkampf is another rising PC to Arcade game. I'd figure most who have a doujin fighter on their PC only play because it's on PC.

Unless Capcom expect to put some custom stuff on the PC version, I can't see many sales on it.
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Bengoshia at 05/27/2008 23:30
Getting SF4 for the pc for sure, I have an awesome arcade controller for my pc plus my pc is a fairly powerful one.
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stafax at 05/27/2008 23:35
Wow, I can't believe people are mentioning Melty Blood, M.U.G.E.N., and even... MAME....
First off, who actually owns Melty Blood for pc? I bet the people who actually buy it, and don't download a pirated copy is a small percentage. M.U.G.E.N.? Give me a break!! It's a free program! And MAME, wow, just wow. You're going to compare SF4's release on PC to illegal emulation? Those are EXACTLY why it's a stupid idea for Capcom to release the game on PC. Because only 3 people will pay for it.
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Shin Oni at 05/27/2008 23:44
you also forgot to mention Stafax that most games outside of Melty blood are pretty damn hard to find to begin with. Big Bang Beat? I'd love to buy it. But it's pretty hard to find outside of torrents.
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Jetsetlemming at 05/27/2008 23:44
@Nick: It costs just about 0 to distribute a PC game present day- the only costs Capcom will be incurring for a PC port would be programming the game to install and uninstall in Windows, adding control support, and the most basic compatibility testing at minimum. At that point it would be very difficult for them NOT to turn a profit with the PC port. If they go the extra step and add customization, optimization, and fine tune the controls and USB controller support, it'll clean up. People will be buying it just to convince Capcom to get around to porting Dead Rising and RE5.
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 05/27/2008 23:58
"""Nick Chester: While I have a moment, can I please add: PC? Who in the fuck is going to play Street Fighter IV on the God damned PC? I mean, COME ON. Really?"""


I say the same thing about people Who play "call of duty 4" and "Bioshock" "ornage box" or any other first person shooter on xbox 360 or ps3.

Who would want to play sucky ports of good PC games on there consoles with sucky visuals and controls?!

But hey at least the PC has arcade pads you can buy wher you cant use a mouse and keybaord On bioshock or call of duty 4 or any other first person shooter on xbox 360 (and most ps3)... OH snap!
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 05/28/2008 00:13
ohh and as for MAME and people who are bashing it.

are you aware of what Most fancy home built arcade cabinets use to make there pretty retro graphics fly across the screen?

<<<<hint it's a windows/linux PC hooked up to a real arcade joy stick you can use to play street fighter 4 with.>>>>>>


I made one of these cabients for fun lots of people do.



With the PC version of street fighter 4 you can play it with something like this.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/paj/images/cabinet_logo.jpg

and I am going to do that and buy the xbox 360 port if needed I doubt I want it though I can play it on my mame cabinet with the PC inside it.;
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 05/28/2008 00:29
wow coming to PC as well? thats pretty great for them :-)
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 05/28/2008 00:31
LOL @ PC
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar
TrailerParkJesus at 05/28/2008 00:33
A fighter on PC? It's just so... out of place.
Shin Oni's Avatar
Shin Oni at 05/28/2008 00:38
I think the only winning argument here is

Fighter in Arcade Cabinets >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All.

I win.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar
Cowboy TTop at 05/28/2008 01:33
I think this is a very positive move by Capcom, despite the current situation of the PC market, that they still haven't bailed on it completely.

If piracy prevails, beat em ups will never find their footing on PCs, a place where its always been technically possible to do them justice, for a while now. More so with the advent of a standard control pad of the 360 being supported (or keys if you want them) for PC. I just hope Capcom protect their games somehow to lift sales.

The PC needs more variety in its games, as this will always be the barrier for many gamers. I can imagine my PC hooked up to a huge HDTV, to play this, it would be epic. I love my 360 and achievement points more though. If the PC version has achievements and headset support on Live, those would be positive steps too.
animateria's Avatar
animateria at 05/28/2008 01:49
PC?

Are they just waiting to be raped by pirates?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 05/28/2008 01:49
PC gamers are pedophiles, I heard!!!!!!
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 05/28/2008 01:50
AGain I must say.

are you ALSO aware of what the street fighter 4 arcade hardware is? it's a damned PC. not based of a PC no no It is a PC exactly with almost nothing changed.

all arcade games are PC's pretty much now.

So..

I give you the tatio type X2. AKA the street fighter 4 arcade hardware.

Taito Type X2 arcade hardware

* OS: Microsoft Windows XP Embedded SP2 [2]
* CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400/Pentium 4 651/Celeron D 352 (up to latest Core 2 CPUs supported by the chipset)
* Chipset: Intel Q965 + ICH8
* Monitor: 720p/1080p/1440p HD LCD Monitor
* RAM: DDR2 667/800MHz (512MB/1GB, up to 4GB)
* GPU: PCI Express x16-based graphics. Support cards include ATI RADEON X1600Pro/X1300LE or nVIDIA GeForce 7900GS/7600GS/7300GS, up to latest graphic cards (Radeon HD 3800 or Geforce 9800 series)
* Sound: Onboard Realtek HD 7.1 channel Sound (supports add-in sound cards)
* LAN: 10/100/1000 BASE-T
* I/O ports: 1x JVS, 4x USB 2.0 (up to 8), 1x serial (max 2), 1x parallel port, 2x PS/2, 2x SATA
* Audio inputs: AKG C535EB Stage Microphone, line-in (Surround 7.1)
* Audio outputs: 7.1, SPDI/FX
* Expansion Slots: 1x PCI Express x16 (used by video card), 1x PCI Express x4, 2x PCI
* Storage: 2x 80 GB 10k RPM SATA Hard Drives
* Media: 80 GB 10000 rpm Hard Drive



there is 0 work for capcom and for you throw that in your PC powered MAME HDTV arcade cabinets are you will have arcade perfection your very own street fighter 4 arcade machine.

The specs are nothing it's all dirt cheep weak PC hardware. and there you go these will be the PC reqirements to run the game on high.
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ParaParaKing at 05/28/2008 01:57
I don't know, who will play this on a PC, but than again I don't get it, who would play DMC4 on a PC.
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Super Maggot at 05/28/2008 02:03
Sorry if it has already been said but can you say mods?

If this picks expect to see every type of fricking fighting game there could ever be created. We could possibly get Master Chief vs Metroid vs Solid Snake vs Sam Fisher vs a Teletubby if you get what i'm saying.

Or it could just turn out to be a completely overlooked game that no one plays on PC.
Cube's Avatar
Cube at 05/28/2008 02:13
Ohh the game will be hacked and modded It might even be hacked before it even comes out for home use.

all it will take is one arcade owner little time to take the arcade hardware that is already running off a PC mod it hack and make throw it up on the internet for all PC to use and all the street fighter 4 arcade machines.


it will not be hard to do anything you want with the frickin whole arcade machine and the game files on it to pirate hack and mod them all over the place.

that is weather it comes out on the PC or not capcom is smart enough to just throw it out and let people have the option to buy it it's still free money.
TheToiletDuck's Avatar
TheToiletDuck at 05/28/2008 03:05
like anyone is going to buy street fighter iv anyway.
WillyFourEyes's Avatar
WillyFourEyes at 05/28/2008 05:01
Whoa! Ken...dude...chill. There's no reason to pull a Tyson in the middle of a fight. Especially not down there! YEOW!
Narishma's Avatar
Narishma at 05/28/2008 05:05
I for one will buy this on PC the day it comes out. And I don't care what people think about it.
AlucardX24's Avatar
AlucardX24 at 05/28/2008 05:33
w00t, PC version! Now I can buy the 360 version and NOT download the PC version!
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Professor Pew at 05/28/2008 06:38
I know enough people with a PC and no console, they'll enjoy this. Not that it will lead to any increase of sales or anything...
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Cowboy TTop at 05/28/2008 07:36
There's no reason why it wouldn't sell. Fighting games are quick fix games. You can spend a short time or a long time playing. Very few games on PC are like this.

Would be nice to see more fighting games on PC, officially.
nademagnet's Avatar
nademagnet at 05/28/2008 07:43
"Ballsackyuken"

That is all.
vishusdelishus's Avatar
vishusdelishus at 05/28/2008 07:55
Sexcellent. I am excited by this news, and will most definitely buy it.

However Capcom's track record with ports to PC concern me. RE4 anyone??
nilcam's Avatar
nilcam at 05/28/2008 08:37
I have had mixed feelings about SFIV since the details started hitting. Now that I know it won't be on any platform I own, I have even less reason to care. I suppose I could play it on PC but I am an Ubuntu user.
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ElfShotTheFood at 05/28/2008 09:52
"A fighter on PC? It's just so... out of place."

Sort of like an FPS on a console.
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